Overview
- Virat Kohli hit 131 for Delhi to become the fastest to 16,000 List A runs in 330 innings during a successful chase of 299 against Andhra in Bengaluru.
- Kohli’s match was shifted from M. Chinnaswamy and played behind closed doors at the BCCI Centre of Excellence after Karnataka authorities cited security concerns.
- Rohit Sharma struck an unbeaten 155 off 94 balls, bringing up his fastest List A hundred in 62 balls and notching his 37th List A ton as Mumbai overhauled Sikkim’s 237 in 30.3 overs.
- Rohit’s innings drew a crowd of roughly 20,000 in Jaipur after free entry was announced, and his 155* tied David Warner for the most 150-plus scores in List A cricket with nine.
- The tournament’s opening day produced 22 centuries, including 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s 190 and Bihar’s 574/6, with both Delhi vs Gujarat in Bengaluru and Mumbai vs Uttarakhand in Jaipur slated for December 26.